# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 16


In section 1 (scope and general conditions of legal aid), at the end of subsection (7) there shall be added the following proviso—
“ :Provided that nothing in this section shall preclude a person from being given legal aid in connection with summary proceedings after conviction and before sentence where the court is considering a sentence of imprisonment or detention or the imposition of imprisonment, or detention, under section 396(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 in respect of failure to pay a fine, and he has not previously been sentenced to imprisonment, or detention as defined in section 41(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980. ”..

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/62/schedule/7/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980/schedule-7/paragraph-16
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